Imported song files too big

I'm having trouble importing music from a CD. I'm getting files of 25MB to 40MB for three to four minute songs. Shouldn't a 3 minute song be around 3MBs? Any advice on getting smaller files?
I'd like to burn these to a CD for play on a standard stereo, so I don't want to go to MP3. My current import settings are: AIFF encoder/custom--running iTunes 5.
thanks!

Heidi--
I'm getting files of 25MB to 40MB for three to four minute songs.
Which sounds about right. I usually figure about 10MB per minute for uncompressed stereo audio. When you import as AIFF, if you use 16-bit stereo audio at 44.1kHz, you're getting the same size files as are on the CD.
Any advice on getting smaller files?
If you still want the same quality as the CD, try the Apple Lossless encoder. I've never tried it, but people say you can cut the file size by about half.
I'd also suggest that you should import some songs at varying other compression levels and see how they sound. You might find a setting, like the other poster did, which would be acceptable to you, yet yield an even smaller file size.
A lot depends on your personal tastes and how well you can hear the differences between compression settings. For example, I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of sound quality for smaller file size because my iPod's battery lasts longer if I use smaller files. But it's a trade-off I'm willing to make because I also listen to my iPod in environments where there's a lot of background noise, etc., so the audio quality difference isn't that apparent to me.
best,
charlie

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